Gregor Muller Wins World Series of Poker Online $500 Limit Hold'em Event

The 2020 World Series of Poker Online $500 buy-in limit hold’em event attracted a total of 706 entries to build a final prize pool of $335,350. The top 98 finishers made the money in what was the first fixed limit event of the international-facing segment of the series, but in the end the end the lion’s share was awarded to eventual champion Gregor Muller. The Austrian earned $45,102 and his first WSOP gold bracelet for the win.

The final table of this event began with just eight players remaining and Anmol Srivats in the lead. Brunno Botteon was the next largest stack, while Muller sat in fourth chip position. Hong Kong Nguyen was the first to fall. He got his last few bets in preflop with QJ and found himself at risk against the A7 of Michiel Van Elsacker, a Twitch poker streamer from Belgium. Neither player improved by the river and Van Elsacker’s ace high took down the pot. Nguyen earned $6,492 as the eighth-place finisher.

Van Elsacker was also involved in the next big showdown at the final table. The flop read J97 after three-bets went in preflop. Van Elsacker bet and France’s Michael Schwartz raised all-in for 226,138 total. Van Elsacker called and revealed JJ for top set. Schwartz had plenty of outs with the K10 for a flush draw and a double gutshot straight draw. The 2 turn and 10 river were not enough to give Schwartz the lead, though, and he was eliminated in seventh place ($8,856).

Davide Suriano’s run in this event came to an end in sixth place. He got all-in on a flop of Q82 check-raising and then four-betting over the top of Brunno Botteon. With all of the chips in, Suriano revealed Q6 for top pair while Botteon flipped over K8 for middle pair. The 8 on the turn gave Botteon trip eights to take the lead, and the 6 on the river locked up the pot for the Brazilian. Suriano was awarded $12,082 for his strong showing in this event.

Drew Soik got his chips in good, with his AJ well ahead of the J8 of Botteon. An eight-high flop turned the tables. though, and Soik was unable to regain the lead by the river. He was awarded $16,484 for his fifth-place finish.

Despite scoring a few of the early knockouts at the final table, Michiel van Elsacker was the next to be sent to the rail. He got the last of his bets in on a KJ3 flop holding A2. He was up against the Q10 of Botteon for an open-ended straight draw with some live cards. The turn was the K to keep Van Elsacker ahead, but the Q river gave Botteon kings and queens to take down the pot. Van Elsacker finished in fourth place, earning $22,488 for his deep run.

Anmol Srivats got all-in after a series of raises preflop. He held the AQ and was facing the 86 of Muller. The board came down 63324 and Muller made sixes and threes to send Srivats home with $30,680.

With that Muller took a slight lead into heads-up play against Botteon. The two traded places a few times, but Muller was eventually able to seize control of the match and build a sizable chip advantage. In the end Botteon got all-in with 76 against the QJ of Muller. The 744Q9 runout secured the pot and the title for Muller. Botteon cashed for $41,855 as the runner-up finisher.

Here is a look at the payouts awarded at the final table:

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